หนังที่ปรากฏในหนังสือเล่มนี้ ได้แก่..
Indochine (1992)
Director: Régis Wargnier
Country: France
This story is set in 1930, at the time when French colonial rule in Indochina is ending. An unmarried French woman who works in the rubber fields, raises a Vietnamese princess as if she was her own daughter. She, and her daughter both fall in love with a young French army officer, which will change both their lives significantly.

Moving to Mars (2009)
Director: Mat Whitecross
Country: UK
Moving to Mars charts the epic journey made by two Burmese families from a vast refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border to their new homes in the UK. At times hilarious, at times emotional, their travels provide a fascinating and unique insight not only into the effects of migration, but also into one of the most important current political crises – Burma.

Dubai (2005) * น่าดู*
Director: Rory B. Quintos
Country: Philippines
THEIR DREAM BINDS THEM. THEIR HEARTS TEAR THEM APART. Raffy and Andrew were orphaned as kids and had only each other to depend on. Raffy has spent the last nine years of his life working in Dubai. His ultimate goal is to fulfill a lifelong dream: to eventually move to Canada with his younger brother, Andrew. The Alvarez brothers are finally united when Andrew goes to Dubai. In Dubai, Andrew meets Faye, one of Raffy’s many girlfriends. They hit it off well despite of their age difference. She becomes his guide, comfort and lover. Seeing the two together Raffy realizes that he still loves Faye. When Andrew discovers that Raffy still loves Faye, conflict arises between the brothers, almost severing the ties that bind them. In the end, what they choose and achieve are not as planned. But their experiences in Dubai lead to new beginnings in their lives
ดูไบ ภาพยนตร์ที่อบอวลไปด้วยความรักของคนฟิลิปปินส์ในต่างแดน

Talentime (2009) * น่าดู*
Director: Yasmin Ahmad
Country: Malaysia
A talent search competition has matched two hearts – that of Melur, a Malay-mixed girl and an Indian male student, Mahesh. Melur, with her melodious voice, singing whilst playing the piano is one of the seven finalists of the Talentime competition of her school organised by Cikgu Adibah. Likewise Hafiz, enthralling with his vocalist talent while playing the guitar, divides his time between school and mother, who is hospitalised for brain tumor.
Sepet (2004) หนังเรื่องก่อนหน้าของผู้กำกับคนนี้ซึ่งเล่าถึงความรักระหว่างเด็กหนุ่มชาวจีนกับเด็กสาวชาวมาเลย์ ก็นำเสนอเรื่องความหลายหลายทางเชื้อชาติ / บริบทเรื่องอคติระหว่างเชื้อชาติที่ฝังรากลึกในสังคมมาเลเซียเช่นกัน

Same Same But Different (2009) * น่าดูมาก*
Director: Detlev Buck
Country: Germany
Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan (สเรยแกว/ศรีแก้ว). The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure.
เคยได้ยินว่า สายป่าน เล่นหนังโกอินเตอร์ ในที่สุดก็พบแล้ว มันคือเรื่องนี้นี่เอง! แถมประคบคู่กับ David Kross จาก The Reader (2008) ซะด้วย!!

Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche handelsmaatschappij (1976)
Director: Fons Rademakers
Country: Indonesia | Netherlands
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is convinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn’t take long for things to go from bad to worse.
ภาพยนตร์สะท้อนเรื่องราวประวัติศาสตร์.. เหมือนว่าจะเป็นเนื้อหาที่เคยเรียนในมหาลัยมาล่ะ

A Hero’s Journey (2006)
Director: Grace Phan
Country: Singapore
The President of East Timor (Timor-Leste), Xanana Gusmao, takes us on a breathtaking and intimate journey. Revelations from the 24-year Resistance against Indonesian occupation, to the present-day challenges of the world’s youngest nation. The struggle against foreign occupation has ended, but the fight to build a new nation from ashes, and against poverty, incompetence, corruption and hatred is just beginning. This is a story about the courageous journey from war and sacrifice to forgiveness and reconciliation – a powerful and universal theme which transcends all geographical, cultural and ethnic boundaries. It is humanity’s struggle. President Gusmao is our guide throughout this arduous journey. He reveals his Timor, through his eyes and from his heart. We hear him speak in 4 languages: English, Portuguese, Indonesian and his native Tetun. As we traverse this mystical land of cloud-enshrouded mountains…
เรื่องนี้เป็นภาพยนตร์จากประเทศเกิดใหม่ “ติมอร์ตะวันออก” (Timor Leste) สารคดีถ่ายทอดชีวประวัติประธานาธิบดีคนแรกของติมอร์ตะวันออก โดยมีผู้นำของประเทศเป็นตัวแสดงนำ!

The Burmese Harp (1956) * น่าดู*
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Country: Japan
July, 1943: Japan’s army is on the run. A platoon in Burma sings to keep its spirit up. Inspiration comes from their self taught lute player, Mizushima. At war’s end, while they await repatriation at Mudon prison camp, Mizushima is sent to convince a Japanese company dug into a mountain that it must surrender. He fails, the British attack, many die, and his companions fear he’s been killed. However, he has survived and disguised himself as a Buddhist priest. En route to Mudon to join his comrades, the frequent sight of dead Japanese soldiers overwhelms him. He vows to live a life of prayer, burying bones and bodies; his friends want him to return with them to Japan.
ภาพยนตร์สร้างจากนิยายต่อต้านสงครามที่น่าประทับใจ “สงครามไม่เคยสร้างผู้ชนะที่แท้จริง”

The Moon at the Bottom of the Well (2008) เรื่องนี้เคยดูในโรงครั้งมาฉายในเทศกาล Bangkok International Film Festival
Director: Vinh Son Nguyen
Country: Vietnam
Hanh is a dutiful wife and school teacher in a rural Vietnamese village who appears to enjoy a happy marriage. Childless, she insists her husband Phoung, the local school headmaster, take a second wife to bear him a baby. But in the small village, their secret is impossible to keep for long and in the ensuing scandal she and Phuong separate. Following the breakdown of the marriage, Hanh loses her grip on reality and begins to question the very fundamentals of life. Through a friend, she meets a spiritual guide in the guise of an enigmatic fortune teller, who sets about transforming the beleaguered Hanh’s life.
ดวงจันทร์ในบ่อน้ำ แม้จะงดงามเพียงใด แต่ก็เป็นเพียงภาพลวงตา ดังชะตากรรมชีวิตของผู้หญิงคนนี้ ที่พบศรัทธาใหม่บนเส้นทางที่มืดมัว / จำได้ว่ากำกับภาพสวยมาก..

4:30 (2005) * น่าดู*
Director: Royston Tan
Country: Singapore
“4:30” traces the relationship between Xiao Wu, an eleven year old Chinese Boy and his tenant Jung, a thirty-something Korean man. Told entirely from the perspective of the boy, Xiao Wu, this story of two very different characters is less about friendship than about a shared experience and appreciation of solitude. “4:30” starts with Xiao sneaking to the room of Jung in the early hours of the morning, and stealing from the Korean man. Just as getting intoxicated is a habit for Jung, who only staggers back to his rented room when drunk, soon stealing for Xiao Wu becomes equally as compulsive. We soon realize that Jung’s true intention for staying in Singapore is suicide. It is only through Xiao’s encounter with Jung failing in his bid to die that he begins to understand his true fascination with Jung.

Enemies of the People (2009) เรื่องนี้เคยมาฉายโรง SF World ด้วย!
Directors: Rob Lemkin, Thet Sambath
Country: UK | Cambodia
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot’s right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected his own family for years, Sambath’s work comes at a price. But his is a personal mission. He lost his parents and his siblings in the Killing Fields. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia’s tragedy.

ส่วนบทสัมภาษณ์ คุณภาณุ อารี ก็ทำให้ทราบถึง 2 หนังสารคดีบันดาลใจ (ทั้งสองเรื่องดีมาก ๆ และมีพลังมากด้วย) คือ..
Living on the River Agano (1993) ลุ่มลึก*
Director: Makoto Satô
Country: Japan
The Agano river is 210 kilometres long, which makes it the ninth longest river in Japan. Its water comes down from the mountains where snow falls frequently and abundantly. Due to the constant water-supply the Agano is one of Japan’s most beautiful rivers. The people who live on its banks used to transport goods by boat on the river and go fishing upstream. In the meantime, 58 power stations have been built along the river, so now the fish can no longer find their way and nobody uses it as a means of transport anymore. Moreover, mercury dumping by the Showa Electric Company has spread the dreaded Minamata disease. People who before lived off the river were hit first. Between 1988 and 1992, a group of seven filmmakers, directed by Satoh Makoto, lived close to the river and registered the close relationship between the people and the Agano, a relationship that ironically enough led to the disease.

The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987) ดุดัน*
Director: Kazuo Hara
Country: Japan
This documentary was five years in the making, and revolves around 62-year-old Okuzaki Kenzo, a survivor of the battlefields of New Guinea in World War II who gained notoriety by slingshooting steel pinballs at Emperor Showa to protest against what he considered to be the ruler’s war crimes. Setting out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives, he finds the truth of the past to be elusive, achieving a breakthrough only when he confronts ex-Sergeant Yamada, who grudgingly admits the occurrence and instructional source of certain atrocities.